diff --git a/edit/ChangeLog b/edit/ChangeLog
index 4fc156212..a4d608839 100644
--- a/edit/ChangeLog
+++ b/edit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-09-25  Roland Illig  <roland.illig@gmx.de>
+
+	* syntax.c (this_try_alloc_color_pair): Added const qualifiers.
+
 2004-09-25  Pavel S. Shirshov <pavelsh@mail.ru>
 
 	* edit.c (edit_clean): g_free handles NULL argument too, 
diff --git a/edit/syntax.c b/edit/syntax.c
index cdb6944d3..277a324bc 100644
--- a/edit/syntax.c
+++ b/edit/syntax.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ static void get_args (char *l, char **args, int *argc)
 #define check_not_a {if(*a){result=line;break;}}
 
 static int
-this_try_alloc_color_pair (char *fg, char *bg)
+this_try_alloc_color_pair (const char *fg, const char *bg)
 {
     char f[80], b[80], *p;
     if (bg)